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Do YOU feel this Budget has been bold enough? Have your say in our poll

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Ellicott, C. (2026, October 28). Do YOU feel this Budget has been bold enough? Have your say in our poll. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16246887/Do-YOU-feel-Budget-bold-say-poll.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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John Healey announced a new UK budget that includes increasing taxes on income from property and savings by two additional percentage points starting April next year. This follows previous tax hikes and aims to address rising living costs but also raises borrowing levels higher than expected. Critics argue that the spending plans may become unsustainable without further funding, potentially leading to speculations about an upcoming election.

Written by AI on 2026-10-29, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Chancellor John Healey presented the UK's first budget under Prime Minister Andy Burnham on October 28, 2026, addressing high inflation and government spending levels amid turmoil from the Iran war. The budget included £1 billion for social and affordable housing in England, bringing total funding to over £40 billion. Additionally, Healey announced a new borrowing facility of £1.5 billion to boost local growth and devolve more power to regional leaders in England. Despite these measures, Healey faced criticism for not committing firmly to meeting defence spending targets of 3.5% of GDP by 2035 as promised to NATO.

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Claire Ellicott

10 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction

🔮 But while the Government talked up support for spiralling living costs, the help will be mostly targeted.

2026-10-28 · assertive framing · Do YOU feel this Budget has been bold enough? Have your say in our poll

🔮 Millions of households will get £100 off their energy bills this winter – but will still end up paying hundreds more than in previous years.

2026-10-28 · assertive framing · Households to get £100 off energy bills this winter - but cut will be swallowed up by price rise of hundreds

🔮 Miatta Fahnbulleh apologised on Thursday for saying she would 'never lie' in a reference to an interview in which she refused 16 times to support Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood's proposals.

2026-10-22 · assertive framing · Senior minister's U-turn to back immigration plan

🔮 Climate campaigners object to Rosebank because it would emit about seven times the carbon dioxide of the Jackdaw site.

2026-10-21 · assertive framing · Labour is urged to ignore pressure from eco-zealots and push ahead with drilling in Britain's largest untapped oil field

🔮 Shadow energy secretary Andrew Bowie said on Monday that the report 'raises more questions than it answers' about Neso Britain's energy grid bosses are keeping Government 'happy' by sidelining employee concerns over blackouts, an investigation has found The report notes that in one instance, a witness told an official sitting in the control-room, 'don't feel under pressure from them' regarding external stakeholders questioning when alerts warning of shortages in the system would be made. They later advised the official, 'don't let DESNZ pressure you, mate', in relation to Government's Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

2026-10-19 · assertive framing · Neso energy bosses 'keeping Government happy' by sidelining concerns over energy blackouts, investigation finds

🔮 The deal would mean both sides stop attacking each other's energy infrastructure, effectively helping Mr Trump's fuel agreement.

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🔮 Mrs Badenoch's main themes were: Defiance for the future and Tory turncoats The Conservative leader warned there was a 'fight coming' that would be a 'battle for the soul of the nation' at the next election.

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🔮 The Tory leader said it was 'outrageous' that the amount was increasing so much but said it was due to 40 per cent cuts to their funding by Labour. She said the Conservative Party would challenge the decision in court because of the principle behind it.

2026-09-17 · assertive framing · Kemi Badenoch orders lawyers to challenge Labour cuts which Tory-run council says has forced it to hike council tax by 94 per cent

🔮 He was widely expected to run for the leadership though following days of speculation and suggestions he lacked support, gave his backing to Andy Burnham.

2026-09-15 · assertive framing · No hard feelings, eh? Rayner stokes Streeting rivalry as she wipes floor with Defence Sec in TUC dinner speech

🔮 But after protests by rural communities, ministers raised the threshold to £2.5million so most farms would not have to pay.

2026-09-15 · assertive framing · Labour's farm tax is a mistake, blasts party grandee Blunkett

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John Healey today hit workers, savers, landlords and banks as he drove the tax burden towards a new record high to fund cost-of-living giveaways. asserted

he → hit → giveaways

The Chancellor hailed a Budget for the 'working people of Britain' as he tried to balance the books amid the Middle East crisis and Prime Minister Andy Burnham's spending ambitions. asserted

he → hail → crisis

But while the Government talked up support for spiralling living costs, the help will be mostly targeted. asserted

help → talk → costs

It will be funded partly by letting borrowing go up more than previously expected, as well as through smaller raids and the long-running 'stealth' assault of frozen tax thresholds. asserted

borrowing → fund → thresholds

Critics have warned that departmental spending plans for the coming years are looking increasingly implausible without top-ups, fuelling speculation about a snap election – again denied by the PM. asserted

plans → warn → PM

Mr Healey is hiking rates of tax on income from property and savings by a further two percentage points from April next year. asserted

Healey → hike → April

It comes on top of an increase of the same size imposed by predecessor Rachel Reeves, due to take effect at the same time. asserted

It → come → time

Let us know below. asserted

us → let → ?

Do YOU feel this Budget has been bold enough? Have your say in our poll

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